A. COSTINESCU - ALBUM 2018
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covered by a hat in the fashion of time,<br />
the female character is treated at the<br />
same time in thick, thin and intermediate<br />
lines, that is to say modulated to render<br />
light and shadow through metaphorical<br />
interpretative suggestions, the nude<br />
schematizing the prototype state of<br />
grace, which characterizes the female<br />
representations of Augustin Costinescu’s<br />
work. In front of a cup of coffee, the seminude<br />
drawn ladies assert the graphic<br />
conciseness that can be reached by the<br />
artist’s craftsmanship and the play of<br />
volumes in near-far alternation. Over<br />
time, the drawings of nude and feminine<br />
beauty as subjects of representation have<br />
sometimes become freer interpretations<br />
in terms of treating anatomy, Augustin<br />
Costinescu being interested in the poetry<br />
of the atmosphere, the mysteries induced<br />
by such a theme. From small, interrupted<br />
lines, arranged in horizontal registers,<br />
creating the impression of floating, it sets<br />
the details lapidary, leaving the creative<br />
fantasy to support a spiritual nude,<br />
highlighting the full power of analysis<br />
and stylization, and unifying the network<br />
of divided circuits of the line, admirably<br />
fixed in the frame shape.<br />
Ana Amelia Dincă,<br />
Art critic<br />
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